Sightseeing around Suvarnabhumi Airport?

If you’re waiting for a connecting flight and are ‘in transit’ for four to seven hours or if you’re seeing someone off on a morning flight and have several hours to spare before driving back to the airport to meet people arriving on a return flight later in the day, the provinces nearby Suvarnabhumi Airport offer some interesting attractions. These can be covered in half-day or full-day sight-seeing programmes.     TAT Central Region Office – Region 8 recommends a choice of five different sightseeing itineraries and routes featuring a range of tourist attractions and destinations in the neighbouring provinces of Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao. Each is within an-hour’s drive from Suvarnabhumi Airport.  5 RECOMMENDED SIGHT-SEEING PROGRAMMES A ONE HOUR DRIVE FROM SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT   ROUTE 1 (7.5 hrs) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Erawan Museum – Naval Museum – Ancient City – Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo       ROUTE 2 (6.5 hrs) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo – Bang Pu seaside resort – Ancient City       ROUTE 3 (4 hrs 45 mins.) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Bang Phli Market – Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai temple – Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang temple       ROUTE 4 (4 hrs 40 mins.) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Khlong Suan Market – Wat Sothon Vararam Voraviharn – Cruise along the Bangpakong River – Ban Mai Riverside Market – Wat Chin Pracha Samosorn shrine – Wat Uphai Phatikaram temple       ROUTE 5 (5 hrs.) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Khlong Suan Market – Dolphin Watching-and –Birdwatching Cruise – Fisheries along the Bang Pakong estuary (November – February only) Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok’s new international airport, is located on Bangna-Trat Road in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan Province, approximately 25 kilometres from the heart of Bangkok. For further information, please check out on this link: http://tatnews.org/tourism_news/detail.asp?id=3124  or contact: TAT Central Region Office – Region 8 Tel: +66 (0) 3731 2282, (0) 3731 2284 Fax: +66 (0) 3731 2286 E-mail: tatnayok@tat.or.th

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The new Thai-Lao Bridge in Mukdahan will be opened on December 20 2006

The new bridge across the Mekhong River linking the western Laotian province of Savannakhet and the northeastern Thai province of Mukdahan will be opened on December 20 2006 with Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to presider over the opening.

There will be 3 days of celebration from December 20-22 2006 in Thailand to mark the event, whil Laos will organise a border fair from December 17-24 2006 featuring 200 booths selling local products.

The bridge spaning the Khong River is 12-meter wide and 1.6 kms. long. It is the second bridge across the Khong River, following the first one (The Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge) linking Nong Khai and Vientiane, capital of Laos.

Source: Bangkok Post and Tourism Authority of Thailand

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